Kids ear: Is it OK to break the rules sometimes?

Feb. 20, 2013

Feb. 20, 2013

Q: Is it OK to break the rules sometimes? A: I think it is not OK to break rules because you can be sent to something like a dungeon. Kaitlyn Mumford, grade 3, Cumberland Dave Sattler/Journal & Courier / Dave Sattler/Journal & Courier

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• Yes, it is OK to break the rules sometimes. Like George Washington. If he didn’t break the rules or laws, our country wouldn’t be free, right?

Gavin Williams, grade 5, Mayflower Mill

• I don’t think it’s fine to break the rules because you can go to jail for a while, and it stinks because their food is nasty and they are really mean to you so therefore it’s not good to break the law.

Abigail Rosales, grade 5, Mayflower Mill

• Yes, but only once and it has to be very, very, very important. Like have-no-other-choice important. You may feel guilty for a few days though. For example, if you’re grounded from your bike but need some way of transportation, then that’s acceptable. Just make sure your mom/dad doesn’t find out.

Noah Harlep, grade 5, Mayflower Mill

• My friend got hurt and we were not allowed to go in her parents’ bedroom. We had to get a Band-Aid and ice and stuff like that! So it’s OK to break your house rules sometimes. But if you’re jumping on the bed, there’s a problem. I did that and it came with a price — a black eye. So that rule don’t break!

Mercedez Fidler, grade 5, Mayflower Mill

• Sometimes you have to break the rules to obey other rules. The punishments might be severe but maybe not as severe as the rules you obeyed.

Mitchell B., grade 4, Happy Hollow

• No, because in the Ten Commandments it says not to break the rules and to honor your father and mother.

Japheth Corbin, grade 5, Lafayette Christian

• Yes, I think it is OK to break the rules sometimes. You’re just being human.

Addie, grade 5, Lafayette Christian

• Yes, well, you are not normal if you don’t get in trouble once in a while.

Taylor Lawson, grade 2, Wyandotte

• Sometimes because maybe if your mom says you can eat your ice cream in a minute and it wasn’t quite a minute and you eat some, that’s OK.

Isabelle Sosa, grade 2, Wyandotte

• No it is not OK to lie because if you tell a lie, your parents will always find out that you did do it.

Gavin Torok , grade 2, Wyandotte

• Yes and no, because you can get away with things sometimes and sometimes you can’t.

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Kane Sims, grade 5, Battle Ground

• No, sometimes if you break the rules, you could get hurt. If you were at a swimming pool and there was a sign that said, “No diving,” and you did dive in, you could break something.

Kyler Meister, 2/3 multiage, Battle Ground

• I think you can break the law sometimes. If the speed limit was 40 and some bad person was chasing you, you could probably go 80 miles an hour.

Matt Pekarek, 2/3 multiage, Battle Ground

• I don’t think it’s OK to break the rules. Being a good person means doing the right things all of the time.

Emma Voors, 2/3 multiage, Battle Ground

• No because you might get in big trouble and get a spank. Ouch!

Maxon, grade 1, Cumberland

• It is sometimes OK to break the rules because you get second chances, and you can do better next time.

LaShanta Simpson, grade 3, Cumberland

• It is not OK to not follow the rules because you will get in trouble.

Daria Bailey, grade 3, Cumberland

• I think it is not OK to break rules because you can be sent to something like a dungeon.

Kaitlyn Mumford, grade 3, Cumberland

• Yes, if it’s a life or death situation.

Seth Whaley, grade 5, Hershey

• Yes. It is OK to break the rules “No running in the hallway” if a giant one-eyed Yeti is chasing you down the hallway.

Shina Lee, grade 4, Happy Hollow

• Well, you shouldn’t lie but everyone makes mistakes and if you break a rule, you should apologize. Also, after you’re done apologizing, you should get a treat from someone like your parents and get a sucker or something.

Seohyun Chung, grade 4, Happy Hollow

• No, because if you always blame it on the cat, then people get suspicious, and when people get suspicious, you’re going to get in even more trouble than you would regularly.

Noah Stenberg, grade 4, Happy Hollow

• It’s OK to break rules if they’re your own rules because then you can make your punishment to have to eat ice cream.

Grace Czerwonky, grade 4, Happy Hollow

• Not breaking rules is a way for people to know you better, but if you do that’s how your reputation is made.

Thomas Clyde, grade 3, James Cole

• It is OK to break the rules under one circumstance — you have to catch a plane to Los Angeles or you’re in deep trouble.

Ashton Taylor, grade 3, James Cole

• I say a few, not a lot. I mean, it happens sometimes. Like when you go into your older siblings room then sit in their swirly chair… Sorry!

Katrina Pucka, grade 3, James Cole

Kids Ear is a weekly writing assignment for youths of all ages sponsored by the Journal & Courier.